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KSS SM Vocab 13

SM Vocab 13

That end of the limb, which is nearest to the point of origin opposite of distal

PROTRACTION

Motion moving a body part forward

PUNCTURE

A hole, slight wound, or other perforation made by a pointed instrument of object

QUADRICEP MUSCLES/TENDONS

The muscle in the front of the thigh that extend from the pelvis to the upper foreleg, and their tendons;Their main action is to extend the leg at the knee and help flex the hip

RADIUS

Bone of lateral forearm

REDUCTION

To bring back to the normal position, as in reducing a dislocated shoulder or a fractured bone; Closed reduction is done without incision; open reduction is done through an incision

REGURGITATE

To vomit

RETRACTION

Return of a protracted body part

RETROGRADE

Going from a better to a worse state; relapse

ROM

Range of motion

ROTATION

The act of turning on an axis

ROTATOR CUFF

Four intrinsic muscles of the shoulder, which originate on the scapula and whose tendons form a circular sheath around the capsule of the humerus; Serves to help rotate the arm and keep the humerus in the glenoid fossa during activity